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Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres dies aged 93

Former Israeli president Shimon Peres has died. One of the last of a
generation of Israeli politicians present at the new nation's birth in
1948, Shimon Peres died today, two weeks after suffering a major stroke.
According to Peres' doctor Rafi Walden, the 93-year-old died in his
sleep at around 3:00am

Israeli media also confirmed the former
Israeli president's death. His son Chemi Peres paid tribute to his
father during a press conference, saying:

"Our father's legacy has
always been the future. Look to tomorrow,
he taught us. Today, we sense that the entire nation of Israel and the
global community mourns this great loss. We share this pain together."

Shimon
Peres won the Nobel Peace prize in 1994 for his role in negotiating peace
accords with the Palestinians a year earlier. He served in 12
governments, including once as president and twice as prime minister.